In the late nineteen eighties, ESP manufactured numerous explorer guitars for Hetfield, which includes a lot of well-known instruments as raised-middle-finger inlayed EET FUK explorer, dots inlayed explorer with words A Year and a Half In the Life of Metallica; pt. 1. All of these electric guitars had been named EX at the starting and later on referred to as MX-220ii.

MX-220II is a bit shorter compared to the size (from the strap button at bottom to the point of the headstock), the angular is smoother slightly, the space between the toggle swap to the knob is a bit nearer compared to the current explorer instruments. And it features an exceptional truss rod cover which is parallel to the nut and possesses two anchoring screws. The construction of this guitar concerning the combination of the body and the neck is round jack embedded.

The further change to MX-220II is applying a metal plate with four screws to fix the jacks. The truss rod cover still carries two anchoring screws, but is not parallel to nut any longer. No alteration is made for the rest parts.

Later on, during the advancement of the MX-220II, the ESP changed the construction again to bolt-on structure.

The next MX-220II is really the same to Hetfields primary explorer. This instrument is belonging to EXPCustom with outdated fashioned body design and no serial number. It is stated that there is no serial number and round trademark about the headstock back of the MX-220II instrument.

Presumably, the shape of the mx-220II is completed in line with the 1958 explorer

The figure above is really a comparing between a 1958 explorer (red line) and a 1976 explorer (black line)

White Explorer Guitar

Eventually, the brand new style was named ESP MX250 II (later referred to as MX-II, 250 signifies the price). The ESP MX250 II is a little longer compared to MX-220II, more pointed at the tip. In early 1990s, ESP adopted parallel spherical ports. And in this ESP MX250 II, the pick-ups switch is a little bit further away from the volume control and pick-ups.

ESP MX250 II was unveiled in Japan, with mahogany body, mahogany neck, poly finish, black dots inlays, ebony fretboard, EMG81 pickups. No matter what color you desire, they are usually high-priced. You'll be able to inquire to get unique tuners as well as other optional variables, and you could customize this ESP MX250 II in USA, but they're identified as "EXP custom" mainly because the "MX" is allocated for other versions. They have bell-shaped truss rod cover which is fixed with one screw, behind the headstock there is the serial number. ESP batch adjusted the form of the truss rod cover in '55.

The image below is really a EXP Custom created 03 MX-II version.

The esp explorer introduced in U.S. are all EXP styles that have 2 variations, ESP and LTD. EXP is of MX-II body, bolt-on neck, the ESP (ESP EXP) version is characterized by mahogany body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; the LTD version (LTD EXP-200) is also of rosewood fretboard and maple neck. It is mentioned the ESP MX250 II body utilized different materials in various ages; alder applied in the earlier years, and later became mahogany. The fretboard inlays also altered, there had been two dots in the twelfth fret of the earlier LTD model but changed right into a block (inscribed with LTD) in later on versions.

The subsequent picture is definitely an old design LTD EXP-200 and an ESP MX-II

In LTD series, there's a type known as EXP-300, which features a neck through construction, licensed Floyd Rose Bridge and two EMG 81 pickups

In 2000, ESP launched a manufacturing facility in Korea and developed LTD MX-130 that is much like ESP MX250 II. And the intriguing thing is there is certainly no serial number. These ESP MX250 II were marketed simply in Japan. Like MX-II, they've 2 EMG81 pick-ups, neck through framework and black color finish. These instruments occasionally could be identified on Ebay but were discontinued in 2003.

Special Series

The initial EX/MX-220II custom inlays series is 1989s "EET FUK", which was released with a little quantity. The fifth fret is a little smaller and there is certainly no step over the neck. Obviously, Hetfield instantly found this problem; therefore the manufacturing line was required to be close up. It is stated that the quantity is under 30. Some ESP MX250 II body utilised this sort of inlays also.

The special ESP MX250 II as "Man To Wolf is known as Japans esp distinct interesting group, which means that you must bid a higher price to get ESP MX250 II.

Elk Skull ESP MX250 II was also made in the time period from late nineties to the year 2003 in custom series; they were personalized in the custom shop in Japan.

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